单词 | caste |
释义 | caste From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Sociologycastecaste /kɑːst $ kæst/ noun [countable, uncountable]1 SSone of the fixed social classes, which cannot be changed, into which people are born in India the caste system2 CLASS IN SOCIETYa group of people who have the same position in societyExamples from the Corpuscaste• They show remarkable adaptations, from the migrations of birds to the slave-making castes of ants.Origin caste (1500-1600) Portuguese casta “race”, from casto “pure”, from Latin castus; → CHASTE |
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